It's countdown to Chametz-free living. Get the dates, special events and customs related to each day, and even some historical tidbits...
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Thanks, your website is inspirational, helpful and informative.
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thank you for the information. continue to help me learn about God's law
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Thank you for all of this information. It makes a huge difference for those of us not raised in a religious household who are trying to do better by our children.
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Thank you for this most incredible website!
Chag Sameach and Good Shabbos
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Great website like the modern design.
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Thanks...very useful informatiom. I look at this website constantly for Jewish info.
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Being so far away from home and yiddishkiet it is wonderful to be able to go to this site and read up on what we are supposed to do. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
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This helped me so much during the week of passover. I am very thankful for this site and the information it gives to the community.
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Thansk for the Halachic timelines
Prcatically though how do we keep warm pesedic, Kosher and hot from Friday evening until Saturday night for the seder.
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You're welcome! Here are some tips: prepare the food for the Seder on Thursday and Friday and store it in the fridge. As soon as Shabbat ends take the food out and warm it up using a flame that has been lit before the onset of Shabbat. That means it could be a flame on the stove that you actually left on on Friday or you can light a 72 hour yahrtzeit candle on Friday and use it to light a flame on Shabbat night.
Hope this helps!
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Hang on I thought 14th of first month was Passover not the 15th? And there is only 7 days of unleavened bread not 8.
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The Passover offering was brought on the afternoon of the 14th, but the Seder was held and the holiday of Passover began, on the 15th. Today we commemorate the bringing of the offering by reading the description of the offering on the afternoon of the 14th and by putting a shankbone on the Seder plate.
For why we celebrate 8 days in the Diaspora, please see Why are holidays celebrated an extra day in the Diaspora?
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Why do you say that it takes a rabbi to buy and sell Chametz? I was always taught that in Judaism we should do mitzvot for ourselves as much as possible!
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If a person knows the laws well enough, they too may do the sale. But some of the laws are more complex than you would think, so that is why we suggest doing it through a rabbi.
Think selling a home--you can legally do it yourself, but you would be wise to have a lawyer to make sure this very important transaction does not fall apart over a detail.
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Sometimes a specialist is needed, can one be one's own doctor, lawyer, plumber or dentist? No, sometimes we need to call an expert, this is one of those times, the rabbi becomes our emissary in the process of the chametz sale because he is the expert in the intricacies of the laws involved.
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This has nothing to do with the biblical Passover at all but Jewish traditions.
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Why so many rules? Where is the spirituality? This is beginning to sound like some fanatical religion...
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Dear Christian,
you should look at any other religion including christianity and you will see even more rules and regulations to it. No one makes a person to be a jew, it's a religion by choice, not by requirement. That's why it's hard to be a jew, and that's why we are trying to keep our traditions alive. My grand-father was practiving while he was in the concentration camp in Germany 60 years ago, and that's what helped him to servive. I think you should not talk like this if you do not know what are you talking about.
thanks
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I very much agree with you, and I think that all the Christians and other religions out there need to realize that the Jews are not the chosen people; we chose to obey
G-d's laws and all his rules, not just the ones we liked. So I support you 100% Michael, thanks for standing up for all of us.
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The rules help us reach our full spiritual potential, and help us uncover the spirituality within the holiday, among other things... and there's plenty of spirituality... In fact, the material exists for the spiritual, as is written in the holy Zohar "G-d desired a home in the lower realms" so He created the world and human beings and gave us the Torah and its laws to help us fulfill His wishes. These links may interest you, the Passover Study section, Rules and Who Wants a Religion of No's?
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I am a Christian and I celebrate Passover, to many "modern day" Christians don’t understand that the "rules" of the Old Testament are fundamental and applicable for today just as when it was written. G-d doesn’t change, and neither does his Holiness, This site is very knowledgeable, thank you for it!
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This site is really informative of Jewish Practices and helps me understand some biblical principles
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